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  • Author:
    Chernyshov

    The authors continue to study typical opening and middlegame positions. Royal Fortress No. 2 has pawns on squares f7, g6, h7 (or f2, g3, h2), and they are usually joined by another defender – bishop on g7 (g2). This formation is called fianchetto, it is found in many popular openings, such as the Catalan Opening, King's Indian Defense, Grunfeld Defense and a number of others.  The authors analyze in detail the techniques of attack, defense and counterattack. Most examples – from the creativity of modern chess players (for example, a separate chapter is dedicated to the strongest Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi); they are complemented by parts that have become a classical heritage. The book contains about 300 positions for independent solution, so it is not only a textbook, but also a solid problem book. Grandmaster Konstantin Chernyshov, head of the Interregional Grandmaster School in Kostroma, and his daughter International Master Natalya Kareva – experienced coaches, whose students include grandmasters and masters, champions of Russia and Europe among juniors.  The book is addressed to young chess players and their mentors. 

    20.00 $
  • Author:
    Kostrov

    Hundreds of thousands of novice chess players have held in their hands the solution books of “1000 chess problems” for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of study. These collections became winners of the “Chess Vseobuch of Russia” competition. We decided to combine our three books into one so that the future grandmaster would have more opportunities for improvement and choice of material. It will also be easier for students and coaches to regulate the speed of the material. In the first parts of our book, novice chess players will get acquainted with all possible types of checkmates. Then, future grandmasters will learn to deliver magnificent double blows with a queen and a knight, promote a pawn to a queen. Studying according to this solution book, you will also master the pin, learn to cover yourself from the enemy's pieces, block the enemy's forces, destroy the most reliable fortresses, distract and entice his royal majesty and much more. Work with the book as with a textbook, and do not forget to write down the solutions under each diagram! The correct solutions are at the end of the book. For the widest range of chess fans.

    15.75 $
  • Author:
    Galkin

    The book by grandmaster and experienced coach Alexander Galkin is dedicated to the strongest piece on the chessboard – to the queen. Using the example of episodes from games of modern grandmasters (the vast majority of games date back to 2020-2023) and his own grandmaster practice, the author tries to generalize, and in some places even clarify the methodology for understanding and playing queen endings, as well as other types of endgames with the presence of queens ) On the desk. The book presents various ratios of material – “queen against queen”, “queen and minor piece against queen and minor piece”, “queen and rook against queen and rook”, “queen against two rooks”, “queen against rook and pawns”, “ queen against a rook and a minor piece”, “two queens against two queens” – practically the entire spectrum of encountered endgames of this type. The material is structured in such a way that the reader can get maximum benefit from studying the examples of queen endings and its other derivatives offered by the author. The book is aimed at advanced chess players, is useful for coaches and can be recommended to a wide range of chess fans.

    18.33 $
  • Author:
    Tal

    21.67 $
  • Author:
    Fine

    In the vast ocean of chess literature there are relatively few books about the endgame, and only a few of them can be considered true chess classics. And the most outstanding among the classics — Reuben Fine's book "Basic Chess Endings". Reuben Fine (1914−1993) was for a long time one of the best chess players in the world. As an author, Fine showed himself to be an excellent analyst who understood the full depth and peculiarities of the endgame. Having studied various types of standard positions, Fine established useful rules for practical play and proved himself to be an experienced teacher who, using skillfully chosen examples, was able to teach the reader all the necessary lessons and introduce him to the basic ideas of the endgame. Many generations of chess players in different countries of the world keep copies of “Basic Chess Endings”. For example, Mikhail Botvinnik considered Fine's work the most worthy of all that had ever been written on endgame theory.

    35.00 $
  • Author:
    Galkin

    16.67 $
  • Author:
    Galkin

    The book by grandmaster and experienced coach Alexander Galkin is  the final link in a series of publications by the author, directed  to study the classical endgame using examples of modern games   grandmasters. This time the subject of the study – light piece endgames. Clarification of the methodology for working on this stage of the game, as well as the main features and methods of playing such endings. Examples  taken from the practice of modern grandmasters and dated back to 2020-2023. The author offers the reader the most recent and unique information. The material is structured in such a way that the reader can get the maximum  benefit from studying the examples offered by the author  queen endings and its  other derivatives. The book is aimed at advanced chess players, is useful for coaches and can be recommended to a wide range of chess fans

    18.33 $
  • Made in Holland. Chess computer "Centaur" easy to use. You can easily install any language. Using the touch panel  40x40 cm (cell size 48 x 48 mm) you can easily move the figures. The sensors will record strokes. The board has a capacious rechargeable internal battery. The uniqueness of the computer is that it quickly adapts to  your playing strength (from beginner to grandmaster) so that you have the right opponent. Centaur will help you analyze the game so as not to make the same mistakes and improve your chess skill. Please note, computer is not compatible to connect to your PC or online chess. The set includes USB cable and DGT electronic chess pieces . Height of the king is 86mm.  

    1553.60 $
  • The size of the board when folded is 46x23x5 cm. The size of the board when unfolded is 35x35 cm. Cage size is 4.6x4.6 cm  The height of the king is 10 cm. The diameter of the base is 3 cm. Pawn height 5.5 cm. Base diameter 2.8 cm. Weight 1380 g. ART 123 Manufacturer Poland

    183.15 $
  • Author:
    Zhuravlev

    This tutorial is addressed to those who want to learn to play chess on their own and improve further. The lesson-based method of presentation, as well as numerous exercises, contribute to the consistent assimilation of the rules and laws that form the basis of the chess game. The book contains extensive educational material, which is presented to the reader in accordance with modern pedagogical principles. The purpose of this manual is to train chess players of the III category (rating up to 1800). The textbook can also be used for classes in groups - it covers the material of existing programs of the first year of study in children's and youth chess schools.

    23.33 $
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Chess textbook 1991-2023

  • book

    34.55 $

    RUB

    Американское издание. Включает приложение с примечаниями с использованием современных программ. Lasker's Common Sense in Chess has always been one of the standard works in chess literature, enjoying a place on the "short list" of required reading for over 100 years. Simply stated, the book records a series of lectures given by Emanuel Lasker, the 2nd World Chess Champion, before an audience of London players in early 1895. Yet Lasker's statement of his chess philosophy, his clear presentation of the principles of chess play, has elevated these lectures to a place far beyond the mere fulfillment of a speaking engagement. Here we have a classic and timeless guidebook that has benefited generations of chess players. Anyone who has learned the rules of chess will be amply repaid for his study of Lasker's Common Sense in Chess. This digital edition re-creates Lasker's famous speaking engagement, and offers you a front row seat in the lecture hall! Don't miss this opportunity to learn from the World Champion - download Common Sense in Chess today!

  • book

    34.55 $

    RUB

    "Chess textbook" is intended for those who want to improve their game (from beginners to first-rate players) and chess coaches. It is a systematic chess course (except for debuts), including general information about the chess game and chess sport, various kinds of advantages in the chess game, combinations, attack on the king, endgame technique, the basis of strategy. The coach, having this book, can work with students "offline", attracting additional directories on debuts and tournament collections. The educational material relies mainly on parties - masterpieces of world chess. The book also contains many examples from children's tournaments with typical mistakes, which is important for chess players of lower ranks. On the main sections of the textbook are numerous exercises (tasks for independent solutions). At the end of the book answers are given. Although the book emphasizes the education of children, it can be used by a wide range of chess enthusiasts and qualified chess players, regardless of age.

  • book

    35.00 $

    RUB

    The new book of the famous coach Mark Dvoretsky is devoted to one of the most important facets of positional skill - the art of playing figures, the ability to maneuver, to find the best fields for figures. The "Introduction" examines various aspects of the art of maneuvering, and then the reader is offered an extensive collection of exercises - from elementary to difficult enough. Skill skillfully maneuver is important in all stages of the party, so among the exercises there are debut, and mittelspilnye, and endgame positions, not only taken from practical parties, but etudes. Detailed comments in the "Answers" are not limited to indicating the only correct sequence of moves and explanatory side alternatives: the author tried to reproduce the logic of the solution search, to show how a chess player behind the board could come to the right conclusions.

  • book

    35.00 $

    RUB

    In the vast ocean of chess literature there are relatively few books about the endgame, and only a few of them can be considered true chess classics. And the most outstanding among the classics — Reuben Fine's book "Basic Chess Endings". Reuben Fine (1914−1993) was for a long time one of the best chess players in the world. As an author, Fine showed himself to be an excellent analyst who understood the full depth and peculiarities of the endgame. Having studied various types of standard positions, Fine established useful rules for practical play and proved himself to be an experienced teacher who, using skillfully chosen examples, was able to teach the reader all the necessary lessons and introduce him to the basic ideas of the endgame. Many generations of chess players in different countries of the world keep copies of “Basic Chess Endings”. For example, Mikhail Botvinnik considered Fine's work the most worthy of all that had ever been written on endgame theory.

  • book

    35.00 $

    RUB

    Well-known chess theorists are analyzing one of the ever-pressing problems in chess creativity. Their recommendations make it possible to correctly solve situations when positions with hanging pawns appear on the board.

  • book

    35.17 $

    RUB

    The sixth book is a textbook, which includes debut questions, middlegame strategies and endgames. A sufficient number of educational examples that reveal the essence of the subject are cited. The methodology of the presentation of the material makes it possible to vary the degree of complexity of instruction. It depends on the form of independent work on topics. A more detailed approach stimulates the growth of chess mastery. At the beginning of the textbook special questions of teaching methodology of chess for middle age are considered. The book is intended for fans of chess, dischargers and coaches.

  • book

    35.17 $

    RUB

    The second book outlines the training program, provides training positions and games for beginning chess players and dischargers. The elements of the three stages of the chess game are considered. Homework, exercises for repetition, methodical recommendations for coaches and parents.

  • book

    The ability to declare the opponent a mate & ndash; the basis of chess art. However, in the sea of ​​chess literature, the most important stage of training was undeservedly forgotten; & ndash; tasks on mate in one turn. The task book includes the material that corresponds to the Chess program, the first year, the textbook for schoolchildren & Chess, the first year, or There the cells are black-and-white miracles and mysteries are full & raquo; and a manual for the teacher & laquo; Chess, the first year, or I study and teach & raquo ;. In the collection of 1500 tasks: 1242 clearly structured three-, four- and five figured positions-schemes, covering all typical matte constructions for a given number of figures and a workshop of 258 training positions.

  • book

    36.67 $

    RUB

    The book lying in front of you is intended primarily for the self-improvement of strong chess players. Its specificity presupposes saturation with exceptionally complex analyzes, exercises that will be difficult for even the leading grandmasters to cope with. But, I believe, chess lovers will find their interest in it. Isn’t it curious to look, if not by the owners, but by the guests, into the world of top-level chess, to see firsthand what problems the chess “pros” solve (successfully or unsuccessfully) and how far even their game is far from perfect ?!

  • book

    37.24 $

    RUB

    This book - a guide for coaches and parents - is a universal helper in teaching children chess. She is recognized to prompt the teacher or parents for the optimal method of working with children, the characteristic features of their perception of chess problems, possible difficulties and methods for overcoming them. It is recommended as a universal methodic manual for teachers and anyone who wants to teach children to play chess.

  • book

    37.24 $

    RUB

    The first edition of this monumental work of an outstanding grandmaster, writer, poet and translator Savely Grigorievich Tartakower was published in 1924 in four separate editions and was immediately adopted by chess amateurs, who later became well-known masters, grandmasters, and future theorists of modern chess The “ultramodern chess game” reveals in great detail the essence and ideas of such players as Nimzowitsch, Reti, Alekhin and others, antagonists of Tarrasch's teachings. This, the 2nd edition for the first time comes out in a single package under a general binding. It undoubtedly is of historical value, showing the development of chess thought and at the same time will be useful for chess players of II-I classes and candidates for master.

  • book

    37.24 $

    RUB

    Coated paper, color printing, great gift! Grigori Kaygorodov, a doctor and poet from Uray, is sure that learning to play chess is not as difficult as it seems, & ndash; a little harder than learning to read. And he published a book in verse titled "The Alphabet of Chess". Since the circulation is not large (only one and a half thousand copies) the book can only be found in Uray & ndash; in bookstores or in kindergartens, where kids gradually learn to play chess. After all, each figure is described in simple verses with simple rhymes. It is much easier for babies to memorize information submitted in this way. In addition to the poems themselves, there are simple and vivid illustrations in the book & ndash; pictures and diagrams. As the author himself says, all this has been done to ensure that modern children stop paying so much attention and time to computers, and become more engaged in things that are useful for themselves. After all, chess improves memory, develops logical thinking, and also contributes to greater dedication and perseverance. In addition to the book, Kaygorodov created the & laquo; nursery & raquo; chess & ndash; incomplete set without queenside. His desire to develop the chess elite of Russia has already been noticed by Moscow grandmasters and chess coaches. Although it will be possible to judge the effectiveness of the textbook only in a few years.